Week 4 Predictions

Game of the Week

Clemson Vs Florida State

Jameis Winston takes on the Dabo in Tallahassee. Last year the Seminoles completely destroyed the Tigers after Lamous Jameis broke into a pre-game speech that made me wonder if he was breaking wind or singing (still unsure about that)! But this year ol Jameis will be sitting on the sideline for the first half after he jumped on a table like a gorilla at the zoo and started screaming about some girl’s whisker biscuit.  Clemson will take advantage of his absence and this year’s game will be much different. The Noles haven’t looked good on defense and their rush defense is giving up over 200 yards a game. That doesn’t bode well against a Clemson team that rushes the ball 60% of the time. FSU’s RedZone defense has given up a score every time their opponent gets within the 20. Both offenses will score early and often and this one will come down to special teams, and which team winds up with the ball last. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Clemson pulled the upset here, so beware. FSU opened with a 20 point spread and that’s the easiest bet I’ve seen all year. Noles won’t cover 20, but they’ll win. FSU 35 Clemson 31. I’ll go with Clemson against the spread (+20).

Mississippi VS LSU

Mississippi State travels to Death Valley to take on the Bayou Bengals. There are three things in life that are assured; Death, Taxes, and LSU winning at home…….oh and Les Miles eating grass. Mississippi State has been playing real well, but they haven’t played a team above a high school level up to this point. LSU looked rusty against Wisconsin in their opener, but since then John Chavis has this young defense playing really well. I called for the Bayou Bengals to have one of the best defenses in the country in my pre-season rankings and they’re starting to live up to the billing. The Mad Hatter takes this one, LSU 31-17. I’ll go with LSU against the spread as well (-9.5).

Florida VS Alabama

Florida takes on the Tide in Tuscaloosa. Surprise, surprise, the Gators are averaging over 50 points per contest. However, the gators haven’t played anybody worth noting thus far. Kentucky came into the swamp and almost pulled out the upset over the gators last week, and if it weren’t for DeMarcus Robinson’s record setting performance they would have. This match-up may feature the top two receivers in the SEC in Florida’s Robinson, and Bama’s Amari Cooper. Cooper has almost matched last year’s receiving yards in just three games, and if he has a big game Saturday he may be in the running for the Heisman. The Gators have made great strides in this short season, but the Tide will roll come Saturday. Bama 34-23. I’ll take the Gators against the spread (+14)

Oklahoma VS West Virginia

Oklahoma travels to moonshine country to take on the Mighty Mountaineers. Morgantown, West Virginia is one of the toughest places in the country for opposing teams to win. This game will be played at 7:30 and I don’t expect there to be a sober body in the entire state of West Virginia. It will be loud. It will be rowdy. Oklahoma has looked like the most complete team in the country up to this point, and I haven’t been able to find a weakness. West Virginia will give them all they can handle but the Mountaineers defense isn’t good enough to win this one. This one will be very close, and I’m putting the Sooners on upset alert. Sooners squeak one out, 35-31. I’ll take the “EERS” against the spread (+7.5)

!!!UPSET SPECIAL!!!!

Utah VS Michigan 

My upset special comes at the hands of the Big Ten. Why? Well……because the Big Ten shouldn’t even be considered a Power 5 conference at this point. I vote the NCAA replaces them with the top ten most prolific high school programs in the country. Anyways, back to the picks. I’m picking the Utah Utes to upset Michigan in the Big House. Michigan looked rather disgusting against Notre Dame and Utah has been playing pretty well on offense and defense. I expect  the Utes to win and that seat under Brady Hoke to get really, really hot! Utah wins 34-27. I’ll obviously take Utah against the spread (+4)